Nicole Black claims she rushed her daughter to a Tampa hospital after medics told her she couldn't afford an ambulance ride.According to WFTS, Crystle Galloway had a C-section and gave birth to a son, Jacob Aden, days before suffering a medical emergency and dying. “She passed away before her baby's umbilical cord dropped off,” said Black.Black says on July 4, Galloway's daughter called to say something was wrong with her mother. When Black arrived, she found the woman slumped over in the tub. Audio from a 911 call reveals Black told dispatchers that her daughter was "drooling from the mouth" but that she was breathing. According to the Tampa Bay Times, the call was given coding that should have alerted the paramedics that the woman was suffering a possible stroke.After help arrived, Black claims she and her daughter were told they could not afford an ambulance ride. "They never asked us if we had insurance, which we do,” Black said, adding that she feels stereotyped. After getting Galloway down the stairs, Black says the medics again told the women they couldn't afford an ambulance. "The whole conversation as the EMS drivers put my child in my car was that was best for us because we couldn’t afford an ambulance,” she said. “My daughter begged for her life, she begged."According to the Tampa Bay Times, paramedics dispute Black's account, saying that she volunteered to take her daughter to the hospital and only asked that paramedics take Galloway down stairs in the three-story apartment.At the hospital, a CT scan showed bleeding in Galloway’s brain. She fell into a coma and later passed away at Tampa General Hospital.She died July 9, just three days shy of her 31st birthday. "She’s 30 years old and just graduated from college, she had her whole life ahead of her,” Black said. "You can tell me you’re sorry, you can give me your condolences, but you still have to work this out with God."The incident came to the attention of the county’s Human Resources Department on July 11.Hillsborough County Administrator Mike Merrill admits the four Hillsborough County Fire Rescue medics who responded did not do their job properly. The medics were suspended after an investigation revealed they failed to check Galloway's vital signs and also filled out paperwork incorrectly. They checked the patient hadn't been found when clearly she had."I deeply regret that this has happened and clearly this is unacceptable," Merrill said."I cannot trust these individuals to work under my medical license," said Michael Lozano, Fire Rescue medical director, in a statement read by Merrill. "I feel they do not meet the minimum standards set by myself and the department."A disciplinary hearing is tentatively scheduled for July 31.

TAMPA, Fla. —

Nicole Black claims she rushed her daughter to a Tampa hospital after medics told her she couldn't afford an ambulance ride.

According to WFTS, Crystle Galloway had a C-section and gave birth to a son, Jacob Aden, days before suffering a medical emergency and dying.

Black says on July 4, Galloway's daughter called to say something was wrong with her mother. When Black arrived, she found the woman slumped over in the tub.

Audio from a 911 call reveals Black told dispatchers that her daughter was "drooling from the mouth" but that she was breathing. According to the Tampa Bay Times, the call was given coding that should have alerted the paramedics that the woman was suffering a possible stroke.

After help arrived, Black claims she and her daughter were told they could not afford an ambulance ride.

"They never asked us if we had insurance, which we do,” Black said, adding that she feels stereotyped.

After getting Galloway down the stairs, Black says the medics again told the women they couldn't afford an ambulance.

"The whole conversation as the EMS drivers put my child in my car was that was best for us because we couldn’t afford an ambulance,” she said. “My daughter begged for her life, she begged."

According to the Tampa Bay Times, paramedics dispute Black's account, saying that she volunteered to take her daughter to the hospital and only asked that paramedics take Galloway down stairs in the three-story apartment.

At the hospital, a CT scan showed bleeding in Galloway’s brain. She fell into a coma and later passed away at Tampa General Hospital.

She died July 9, just three days shy of her 31st birthday.

"She’s 30 years old and just graduated from college, she had her whole life ahead of her,” Black said. "You can tell me you’re sorry, you can give me your condolences, but you still have to work this out with God."

The incident came to the attention of the county’s Human Resources Department on July 11.

Hillsborough County Administrator Mike Merrill admits the four Hillsborough County Fire Rescue medics who responded did not do their job properly.

The medics were suspended after an investigation revealed they failed to check Galloway's vital signs and also filled out paperwork incorrectly. They checked the patient hadn't been found when clearly she had.

"I deeply regret that this has happened and clearly this is unacceptable," Merrill said.

"I cannot trust these individuals to work under my medical license," said Michael Lozano, Fire Rescue medical director, in a statement read by Merrill. "I feel they do not meet the minimum standards set by myself and the department."